Tink Confesses

I loved that boy

with his sea-green eyes

his fiery red hair as wild as his laugh

and his fox grin when mischief tapped his shoulder

I believed in him

I gave him that silver short sword

(wood only holds an edge in fairy tales)

I bet him he would be

invisible in forest greens

and he believed me

Love gives you wings

lets you soar higher than mountains

lets you dance on clouds.

(Pixie-dust, nothing)

happy thoughts,

I had enough for both of us

I loved that boy

with his Wendy-girl

and her brothers

even those Lost Boys tagging behind

I believed in him and he was mine

I gave him Hook

saved him from rat poison

though it near-killed me

He believed and brought me back

Hate can drown you

swallow you whole

with a crocodile smile

all the while

Fear can chase you

two stars away from morning

and straight back into the night

I loved that Lost Boy

his Wendy-girl gone

his Hook dead at sea

and his darling little world gone dark

I watched him cry

one thousand years of broken heart

in one starry night

I heard the laughter break in pieces

over his sea-green waterfall

He believed he would die

I killed him slowly

that boy with the fiery red hair

and his fox grin

but the Wendy-girl

I flew up into the trees

and waited

straight on till morning.

I didn't even clap.

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